introduction: atypical infratemporal fossa infections are rare and potentially fatal.   case report: a case of an aspergillosis localized in the infratemporal fossa and another case of tuberculosis of the infratemporal fossa originating from the maxillary sinus, is described. the first patient was immunocompromised and showed symptoms of facial numbness; whereas the other was an immunocompetent...

BACKGROUND To assess the clinical feasibility of lingual bone guttering technique for surgical extraction of mandibular third molars. MATERIALS AND METHODS 20 patients with thick lingual cortical plate were included in the study. Surgical extraction of mandibular third molars by lingual bone guttering technique was performed in all the subjects. These subjects were evaluated for integrity of ...

Introduction: Atypical infratemporal fossa infections are rare and potentially fatal.   Case Report: A case of an aspergillosis localized in the infratemporal fossa and another case of tuberculosis of the infratemporal fossa originating from the maxillary sinus, is described. The first patient was immunocompromised and showed symptoms of facial numbness; whereas the other was an immunocompetent...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Posterior fossa syndrome is a severe postoperative complication occurring in up to 29% of children undergoing posterior fossa tumor resection; it is most likely caused by bilateral damage to the proximal efferent cerebellar pathways, whose fibers contribute to the Guillain-Mollaret triangle. When the triangle is disrupted, hypertrophic olivary degeneration develops. We hy...

Studies have reported a functional link between the arc size of the semicircular canals and locomotor agility across adult primates. However, canal size is spatially interlinked with the subarcuate fossa. This fossa can house the petrosal lobule of the paraflocculus, which also plays a role in coordinating head and eye movements. Consequently, it could be that it is the size of the petrosal lob...

BACKGROUND: The tongue, which plays a very important role in food intake by vertebrates, exhibits significant morphological variations that appear to represent adaptation to the current environmental conditions of each respective habitat. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present investigation was to investigate lingual structure in adult budgerigar. METHODS: Tongues of 12 adult budgerigars were used ...

A joint-space model for cross-lingual distributed representations generalizes language-invariant semantic features. In this paper, we present a matrix cofactorization framework for learning cross-lingual word embeddings. We explicitly define monolingual training objectives in the form of matrix decomposition, and induce cross-lingual constraints for simultaneously factorizing monolingual matric...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to clinically evaluate the frequency, type, and risk factors for lingual nerve damage after mandibular third molar surgery with reference to lingual flap retraction. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of fifty-five patients referred for bilateral mandibular third molar removal were included in this study. Each patient was randomly allotted to have the procedu...

Lingual thyroid is an uncommon condition and cases accompanying hemiagenesis are rarely documented. Patients with usually asymptomatic generally diagnosed incidentally. Herein, we reported the case of ectopic lingual euthyroidism presented regional symptoms.